Improvement in oil-cans



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OIL-CAN.

Patented June 5,1877.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHKNGTON. D C.

NITED A STATES PATENT OFFICE,

DANIEL BENNETT, OHILLIOOTHE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,642, dated J nne 5,1877; application filed April 10, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL BENNETT, of Ohillicothe, in the county ofRoss and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inOil-Oans;'and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of thisspecification, and tothe letters and figure of reference marked thereon.

This invention has relation to improvements in cans for holding oilsgenerally, but espeoiaily those of an explosive nature.

The object of my invention is to prevent flame from access to theinterior of the can,

. and in this'connection to provide means whereby the discharge-spoutand a drop-valve located therein will be prevented from becoming chokedup by sediment or other foreign matter in the oil.

The nature of the invention consists in the constructionand novelarrangement, in connection with an oil-can, of a discharge-spout havinga drop-valve seated therein, and a strainer arranged in said spout belowthe valve; also, in an air-induct opening at one end in the tube,through which the can is filled, and at the other in a valve placed uponthe handle, and operated by the thumb of the hand grasping the same,whereby air is admitted into the valve, passes up the tubular inductinto the can, and allows the oil to pass freely out of the spout, aswill be hereinafter more fully explained.

' In the annexed drawing, the letter A designates an ordinary oil-canbody, having a handle, B, at one side, a discharge-spout, G,

at the other, and upon its top, near the upper end of the handle, atube, D, thatis closed by a screw-cap, E, through which the oil isintroduced into the can.

F represents a valve-seat box, located near .the can at the upper end ofthe handle, and

dle, and actuated to close the upper end of the box by a suitablespring, (1.

When this valve-lever is opened, by bearing down upon its power end, airpasses into box F, up tube a, into the can, and oil may be freely pouredout; but when the said valve is closed, it will be impossible to pourout the oil, even if the can be upset.

The spout will have, in practice, an enlargement, e, at its base, inwhich is arranged a valve, G, that is composed of an annular seat, f,and a drop, g. This seat is permanently fixed in the spout, and isprovided with a conical recess upon its upper edge, into which thecorrespondingly-shaped lower end of the head i of the drop snugly fits.

The drop is composed of the head aforesaid,'and alongitudinally-serrated shank or stem, j, that works through the seat,and is prevented from falling out of the same by a stop-pin, j.

When the can is tilted, in the act of pouring out the oil, the dropfalls forward with its head out of the seat, and the oil passes freelythrough it by means of the serrations in the stem; but the moment it isrighted, the drop falls automatically back upon its seat, and closes allcommunication of the interior of the can with the outside. Should theoil vaporize and create a pressure in the can, the drop will rise andallow the excess of gas to escape.

In order to prevent the spout and its valve from being choked up bysediment or other foreign matter in the oil, a strainer, H, of anysuitable reticulated material, is placed at the entrance of the spoutinto the body of the can below the valve.

This strainer is preferably made in the form of an inverted cone orconoid, in order to increase the straining-surfaee, and thus expeditethe flow of oil.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in an oil-can having the filling-tube D upon itstop, of a valveseat box seated on the handle of said can below the top,a descending tube connecting said box and the upper part of the fillingtube. a thumb-valve, and a spring holding In testimony that I claim theabove I have said valve upon its seat, substantially as hereuntosubscribed my name in the presence specified. of two witnesses.

2. The combination with an oil-can having a discharge-spout: G, and anautomatic DANIEL BENNETT drop-valve seated in said spout, of a strainerWitnesses:

arranged below the said valve, substantially W. I. MAY, as specified. JAOOB Omnsrm. I

